111th Avenue & 196th Street

The four-way crossing of 111th Avenue and 196th Street is in Hollis, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Daniel M. O'Connell Playground is 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hollis Av/109 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q2, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

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111th Avenue & 196th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hollis Av/109 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q2.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hollis Av/109 Av Q2
    0.3 miles
    Q2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q2 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 188th Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 114-05 Farmers Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11412
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hollis
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Daniel M. O'Connell Playground
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. John's Farm Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.